Social Program

Welcome Cocktail at the Faculty Club of the TUM Institute of Advanced Studies

Tuesday 4 October (17:00-20:00)

Gather your badge and conference material, and then meet your fellow conference attendees at this ice-breaking event. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Historical Evening at Flugwerft Schleißheim

Sponsored by GE Global Research

Wednesday 5 October (20:00-22:30)

Dr. Robert Thresher (Research Fellow, NREL National Wind Technology Center), one of the pioneers of wind energy science and technology in the USA, will give a lecture on the history of wind energy, entitled "Some Tales of the Early R&D - An American Perspective on Wind Energy’s Path to Commercialization" at the conference venue.

A standing dinner will be served after the lecture within the fantastic collection of airplanes and helicopters of the famous Deutsches Museum at Flugwerft Schleißheim. English-speaking guides will accompany small groups of visitors on tours of the collection during the event.

Transportation by private buses to Flugwerft Schleißheim from the conference venue and back will be provided. Buses will depart from the venue at 19:30.

Please note that this event is sold out. Let us know if you plan not to attend this event, so that we can accommodate somebody else.

Dinner on Rails: a Private Tram Tour of Munich

Wednesday 5 October (20:00-22:30)

Enjoy a Mediterranean dinner and an exclusive tour through the city at the same time. Follow the rails in one of Munich old trams and see the city from a different viewpoint. Trams will stop at various points of interest, and English-speaking guides will take you for short walks around the stops. Then back to the tram for your dinner and drinks until the next stop!

Transportation by private buses from the conference venue to the start of the tram tour (Max-Weber-Platz) will be provided. Buses will depart from the venue at 19:30. Self-travel back to your hotel from Max-Weber-Platz (U-Bahn lines U4 and U5).

Please note that this event is sold out. Let us know if you plan not to attend this event, so that we can accommodate somebody else.

Bavarian Banquet at the Historical Hofbräuhaus München

Thursday 6 October (19:30-22:30)

Get a feeling of traditional Bavarian culture and a hearty meal at this historical restaurant right in the center of Munich! Good food, plenty of famous German beer, music and much more:

EAWE Scientific Award

EAWE Honorary Membership

EAWE Excellent Young Wind Doctor Award

TORQUE 2016 Best Poster Awards

Travel to the Hofbräuhaus München by subway from the conference venue, accompanied by one of the TORQUE 2016 staff members (meet us in the main hall next to the registration desk from 18:15; the last group will leave at 19:00). Self-travel back to your hotel.